Brahma Purana — Chapter 102
BrP 102.1
सावित्री चैव गायत्री श्रद्धा मेधा सरस्वती एतानि पञ्च तीर्थानि पुण्यानि मुनयो विदुः ॥
sāvitrī caiva gāyatrī śraddhā medhā sarasvatī etāni pañca tīrthāni puṇyāni munayo viduḥ //
Sāvitrī, Gāyatrī, Śraddhā, Medhā, Sarasvatī — these five the sages know as meritorious holy places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 102.2
तत्र स्नात्वा तु पीत्वा तु मुच्यते सर्वकल्मषात् सावित्री चैव गायत्री श्रद्धा मेधा सरस्वती ॥
tatra snātvā tu pītvā tu mucyate sarvakalmaṣāt sāvitrī caiva gāyatrī śraddhā medhā sarasvatī //
Bathing there and drinking (there) one is freed from all sin: Sāvitrī, Gāyatrī, Śraddhā, Medhā, Sarasvatī —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 102.3
एता मम सुता ज्येष्ठा धर्मसंस्थानहेतवः सर्वासाम् उत्तमां कांचिन् निर्ममे लोकसुन्दरीम् ॥
etā mama sutā jyeṣṭhā dharmasaṃsthānahetavaḥ sarvāsām uttamāṃ kāṃcin nirmame lokasundarīm //
these are my eldest daughters, the causes of the establishment of dharma. I fashioned one (more), the best of them all, the beauty of the world.
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BrP 102.4
तां दृष्ट्वा विकृता बुद्धिर् ममासीन् मुनिसत्तम गृह्यमाणा मया बाला सा मां दृष्ट्वा पलायिता ॥
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vikṛtā buddhir mamāsīn munisattama gṛhyamāṇā mayā bālā sā māṃ dṛṣṭvā palāyitā //
On seeing her, my mind became perverted, O best of sages; when the girl was being seized by me, she saw me and fled.
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BrP 102.5
मृगीभूता तु सा बाला मृगो ऽहम् अभवं तदा मृगव्याधो ऽभवच् छंभुर् धर्मसंरक्षणाय च ॥
mṛgībhūtā tu sā bālā mṛgo 'ham abhavaṃ tadā mṛgavyādho 'bhavac chaṃbhur dharmasaṃrakṣaṇāya ca //
The girl became a doe, and I then became a stag; and Śambhu became a hunter of deer, for the protection of dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 102.6
ता मद्भीताः पञ्च सुता गङ्गाम् ईयुर् महानदीम् ततो महेश्वरः प्रायाद् धर्मसंरक्षणाय सः ॥
tā madbhītāḥ pañca sutā gaṅgām īyur mahānadīm tato maheśvaraḥ prāyād dharmasaṃrakṣaṇāya saḥ //
Those five daughters, afraid of me, went to the great river Gaṅgā; then Maheśvara went forth, he, for the protection of dharma.
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BrP 102.7
धनुर् गृहीत्वा सशरम् ईशो ऽपि मृगरूपिणम् माम् उवाच वधिष्ये त्वां मृगव्याधस् तदा हरः ॥
dhanur gṛhītvā saśaram īśo 'pi mṛgarūpiṇam mām uvāca vadhiṣye tvāṃ mṛgavyādhas tadā haraḥ //
Taking up his bow with arrow, the Lord — Hara, then a deer-hunter — said to me who had the form of a stag: "I will kill you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 102.8
तत्कर्मणो निवृत्तो ऽहं प्रादां कन्यां विवस्वते सावित्र्याद्याः पञ्च सुता नदीरूपेण संगताः ॥
tatkarmaṇo nivṛtto 'haṃ prādāṃ kanyāṃ vivasvate sāvitryādyāḥ pañca sutā nadīrūpeṇa saṃgatāḥ //
I desisted from that deed and gave the maiden to Vivasvat; the five daughters, Sāvitrī and the rest, came together in the form of rivers.
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BrP 102.9
ता आगताः पुनश् चापि स्वर्गं लोकं ममान्तिकम् यत्र ताः संगता देव्या पञ्च तीर्थानि नारद ॥
tā āgatāḥ punaś cāpi svargaṃ lokaṃ mamāntikam yatra tāḥ saṃgatā devyā pañca tīrthāni nārada //
They came again also to the heavenly world, to my presence — the place where those five tīrthas came together with the goddess, Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 102.10
संगतानि च पुण्यानि पञ्च नद्यः सरस्वती तेषु स्नानं तथा दानं यत् किंचित् कुरुते नरः ॥
saṃgatāni ca puṇyāni pañca nadyaḥ sarasvatī teṣu snānaṃ tathā dānaṃ yat kiṃcit kurute naraḥ //
And the holy confluences are five: the rivers and the Sarasvatī. Whatever a man does in them — bathing and likewise giving —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 102.11
सर्वकामप्रदं तत् स्यान् नैष्कर्म्यान् मुक्तिदं स्मृतम् तत्राभवन् मृगव्याधं तीर्थं सर्वार्थदं नृणाम् स्वर्गमोक्षफलं चान्यद् ब्रह्मतीर्थफलं स्मृतम् ॥
sarvakāmapradaṃ tat syān naiṣkarmyān muktidaṃ smṛtam tatrābhavan mṛgavyādhaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvārthadaṃ nṛṇām svargamokṣaphalaṃ cānyad brahmatīrthaphalaṃ smṛtam //
that would grant all desires, and through actionlessness it is held to give liberation. There arose the Mṛgavyādha tīrtha, granting all aims to men; and another, whose fruit is heaven and liberation, is known as the fruit of the Brahmatīrtha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain